Medal of Honor Monday: Army 1st Lt. Douglas Bernard Fournet

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Medal of Honor Monday: Army 1st Lt. Douglas Bernard Fournet
May 11, 2026 | By David Vergun, Pentagon News |   
 
Army 1st Lt. Douglas Bernard Fournet was a trooper assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, when he served in South Vietnam in 1968.

 
He was born on May 7, 1943, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. His father, former Army Staff Sgt. Henry Bernard Fournet, was a shrimp boat operator, and his mother, Maria Lena Fournet, was a homemaker.

In 1952, his father drowned when his shrimp boat capsized in heavy seas, so Fournet and his siblings cared for their mother.

He was the quarterback of the Lake Charles High School football team. He also graduated from McNeese State University in Lake Charles. His siblings include brothers Keith, Mark, Rocke, Brett, and Kevin, who was an Army veteran, and sister Susan.

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Would Sen. Kelly have been critical of him for not refusing the orders he gave himself?  If that sounds petty and stupid, that's because it is.  But that's how petty and stupid congress has become.